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Yup... I updated to 12.4

I guess its a known issue... back to 12.1 for me

 

It's fine to try up to 12.3 also if you need any specific performance tweaks for newest games. (but I'm using 12.1 and fine with it as long as I'm willing to put up with the hangs on shutdown switching back & forth between fixed-dynamic modes.)

 

Actually i tried to install 12.1 and it still shows 12.4 - I then went to the settings and made it only use 1 gpu at a time and that fixed it. I figure the game was not set up for running multiple cards and setting it to only 1 fixed the issue. Before I guess it was using the gpu from the A6 (playable but pretty bad).

 

Anyone know how to get rid of the watermark in the top right of the screen when using dual graphics? Example
http://db.tt/K4EVmueo

 

Are you using a program to record your game?

 

Nope, even Fraps wasn't running. I though this was some usual thing I could disable, but it doesn't appear in other games OR when I disable dual graphics. Weird thing...

EDIT.
Also, about the RT usb not working. I tried re-installing all the drivers again. The thing still won't work. When I was in BIOS looking for some options that could have been disabled I noticed my thumb drive was being recognized by bios just fine, not in Windows though

 

Hmm thats weird.. the only time i saw a watermark i was using a recording program demo... did you google that problem a bit?

 

Right click your ccc icon in your system tray -> 1. ______ (whatever graphics card it shows, should show either AMD Radeon HD 6520G or AMD Radeon HD 6650M) -> AMD Radeon Dual Graphics Settings -> Uncheck Show AMD Radeon Dual Graphics Status Icon

Does that solve it?

 

Ya apparently 12.4 was giving me some real issues at times. It was liking to bump my fan down to whatever it wanted instead of the 100% that i placed it at and some other things... i switched back to 12.1 and everything seems to be working just fine again.

 

Thanks a lot. I had the tray icon disabled and that setting is not available when opening the CCC via the right click menu. Fixed now!

 

Been having some issues with my K53TA for the past couple of weeks, I'll randomly get pseudo-lockups for anywhere from .5 to 3+ minutes where programs will be unresponsive, but I can still activate the Start Menu or Alt-Tab between programs, Spam Num Lock to verify system isn't completely locked up, Ctrl-Shift-Esc to bring up Task Manager, etc - and after its done with its "freeze" it rapidly executes all the things I instructed during the freeze.

I've tried 2 fresh Win 7 installs, and I'm relatively confident its not a driver issue. Hard drive light is solid the whole time of the freeze, maybe my OCZ SSD is acting up? Or a hiccup using optical drive caddy for 2nd HD? I dunno, I'm at a bit of a loss, wondering if anyone else has experienced this or might have some insight into what might be the cause.

I'm at stock with everything at this point (no OC, no modded BIOS) and still running into the same issue - time to hit up ASUS tech support?

 

^ probably ssd issue. do you have a sandforce ssd, or a cheaper one ? My impression is that ocz drives suck. Have you tried checking for bad sectors with some diag tool ?

you would have to unplug the ssd and use the stock hdd for a while to determine if the problem is stock hardware.

asus tech support is useless enough. they wouldn't help you on your modified laptop.

 

S'been my impression thus far too, this Agility III I've got in my K53TA is an RMA replacement to an Petrol that crapped out in my desktop after only a month. Not overly pleased with OCZ as a whole - I've got a Crucial and an Intel SSD that are absolutely rock solid - but I'm also now so accustomed to SSD performance that using a standard drive just feels wrong anymore!

Thanks for the feedback, I'll give swapping out the SSD a shot and see if the problem presents itself again with a standard drive.

 

you should also do some routine checks-
event viewer to see if windows threw any codes.
ram test.

 

Looking over the Event Viewer logs, I did have some warnings roughly around the times of freeze-ups yesterday reporting the following:

Event ID: 129
Source: amd_sata
Info: "Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort0, was issued."

EDIT:
Looks to be driver related after all, haven't had any issues since I switched my SATA driver to the default Windows provided one instead of the AMD-specific chipset driver. Just a heads up in case anyone else experiences similar issues. What's up with AMD's drivers lately?

 

Well unless they get a good fix we are stuck on 12.1 :/

sadly i get a slight glitch with 12.1 but it's not that bad and only shows up sometimes

 

I had issues with the ASUS chipset drivers with my 3.0 usb port on a fresh install if I remember right (I've reformatted this thing so many times now I have a hard time keeping it straight) but I've had good results (current SATA woes aside) with the recent chipset drivers (12.4) from AMD located HERE

 

Does anyone know how to disable the Elantech touchpad waking the computer from sleep? There is a power management option under device manager for my usb mouse, but not the touchpad which always wakes the laptop from sleep. Even when I close the lid, it still detects some movement and wakes up

 

Are you still using your ocz? I did a fresh install a 2nd time yesterday, installed all the windows update, installed 12.1 driver to still be able to O/C GPU, reinstalled some asus programs/drivers. So far I've got some bsod. I'm o/c with k10stat with the same o/c profile i was using before so it's not supposed to freeze my cpu no?

 

that chipset isn't the same as the catalyst one i guess? Will this change my catalyst 12.1 to 12.4? Because I'm really pleased with 12.1 for o/c.

thanks

 

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Yeah, still using my OCZ, the change in sata driver seems to have resolved the issue for now anyway, we'll see if it starts acting up again anytime soon.

Asus chipset version is equal to AMD Mobility Radeon 11.11 drivers if I remember right - the chipset drivers are a separate installer (just usually shares the same version number with the catalyst releases) but there may be some overlap. I would just disable installing anything other than the Chipset, ACHI, and USB 3.0 drivers and see if that does the trick at all.

Or, alternatively, give this 12.1 chipset driver a shot:

Previous AMD Catalyst Display Drivers

Good luck, let us know your results! (Remember when you could just install the latest driver version and 9 times out of 10 it was the one that worked the best? I miss those days...)

 

Here's a little how-to if you want to add a 2nd hhd to your lappy.

1- Remove hhd cover
2- Pull hhd out of there
3- Remove ram cover
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4- Remove DVD retaining screw

5- Remove DVD
6- Insert old hhd in your brand new caddy from ebay! It's the 12.7mm model.

7- Insert the caddy into dvd bay and screw it. Put back your RAM cover and screw it.
8- Insert brand new ssd in your original hhd bay. Install back your hhd cover. screw it.

If you wanna update your ssd firmware, you have to put your ssd in 2nd drive. That mean you have to put your ssd in caddy, turn on lappy, flash your ssd, turn off lappy and follow the how-to.

That's it that's all! It takes 5mins to do and it worth it!

 

Hi,

I searched around a bit and couldn't find anything specific about the issue I'm experiencing, so I figured it was worth a shot to ask here. I just installed a new SSD, a Crucial M4 128GB with a fresh install of Windows 7. Everything seems to be running beautifully, except for the fact that I cannot overclock consistently with K10 Stat anymore.

Using the exact same profiles as I was with my installation on the stock hard drive, there appears to be some sort of weird throttling going on that I can't pin down. Temps are in the 40's C, so it shouldn't be a thermal issue. Sometimes CPUZ will identify the overclock at 2000, but if I close and reopen CPUZ, or open a game like Skyrim, I see what you'll see in the attached images.





Any insight at all would be appreciated, thanks!

 

Try hwinfo, cpu-z sometimes act weird and report wrong bus speed.

 

tutorial simple way to cpu n gpu overclock undervolt asus x53ta amd a6 3400m

here is simple video and necessary file download link for
amd a6 3400m asus x53ta cpu n gpu overclock undervolt

tutorial simple way to cpu n gpu overclock undervolt asus x53ta amd a6 3400m - YouTube

files u will require most of them r copy paste only fusion tweaker u have to install

nilesh cpu gpu overclock undervolt.rar


more detailed tutorial here ....

ASUS K53TA-BBR6 Laptop: AMD Quad-Core A6-3400M 1.4GHz APU, 15.6" LED, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6650, HDMI, WiFi-N, 6-cell, Win 7 Prem 64-bit - $450 - Slickdeals.net

 

Thank you very much for the links and help! Baiii was right, just an issue with CPU-Z, apparently, HWInfo is reading the OC at the appropriate bus and multiplier.

 

BRO PLZ HELP ME OUT, i recently purchased this laptop and installed windows 7 32bit,but the problem is i can't connect to internet as drivers are missing and also my dvd ram is not able to detct cd as it's drivers are also issing,so will u plz post sum drivers here or anyother way to help me out

 

1. not sure why install 32bit, although it wont kill the performance but will limit the ram you can use.

2.download the driver in ASUS site(just google k53ta driver and it pop right up) and use a USB stick/external HDD. DVD drive shouldn't need driver to use. There is no way to get the driver to your new machine if you don't have anyway to connect it to external data.

 

now i have installed ethernet modems and installed drivers but the dvd problem remains,plz help me any1,aer strike 1.6 steam on it,does steam doesn'tlso i m nt able to run counterstrike steam version on it it just hangs,any solution guys

 

Plz Help Me Out My Dvd Ram Is Not Working,any Solutions,u Ever Experienced Such Issues,when I Put A Cd,there Is An That Cd Rotating Sign,also With An Green Blink Near Dvd,but Then No Media Is Foundout,

 

I think your period key is broken too.

I would try going to the drivers page and reinstalling the DVD drivers.

So I found an issue with 12.4 --- When I fire up a game for the first time, the DGPU works just fine. When I then shut down the game and come back after some time, the DGPU does not re-activate for the game and I get stuck on the integrated graphics. I restart my computer and then repeat the process. Is this a known issue for anyone? The game is Heroes of Newerth.

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Sidenote: Is that undervolt profile any good? I changed some of my kstat around to match that profile and it seems very stable.

 

are you using a burned cd, or original pressed cd ?

if it's a burned cd, burnt to a cheap crappy cd-r, the data on it may be corrupted.

put the cd in another computer and see if it can be read.

can you duplicate this problem every time?

if so, another reason to report it below.

 

Yup, it happens every time. I will report it on the link, thanks.

 

i cant use the original drivers cd of asus to install drivers,

 

so your computer doesn't read audio cd's, or any other cd's in your house?

ok, so maybe your drive is broken.

 

I assume you're using the modded BIOS? I'm using stock (haven't come across any OpenGL games I needed to force the DGPU for) and not noticing the same effect with 12.4, but I'll do some more checking.

 

I don't think I am using modded bios. I remember updating the bios from the ASUS site, but nothing from a third party.

I also found out that it also happens when I put the computer to sleep and then wake it.

 

MSI beta has expired and heard that the final does not allow for the overclocking that we do. Anyway around this>

 

I'm using the final version and it works for me..

 

Someone played Diablo 3 on this laptop? I want to buy the game but i am not sure if i'll be able to play the game at a decent graphic detail. I will be playing at laptops native resolution 1366x768.

Also.. another question : I already have 4GB RAM in 1 stick. If i buy another stick of RAM (4GB same manufacturer etc.) will i get a significant boost?

Thank you

 

I did this morning. I didnt have time to play with video settings but on default there was no lag at all. Cpu and gpu oc'ed like in my signature.

 

I played with everything max and was over 50 FPS a majority of the time. so... you don't have to worry..
I have 8gb ram atm but i don't know the difference with and without the extra ram.

 

On a related note, does having a faster harddrive (7200 rpm / ssd) improve gaming performance? would it drop temperature?

 

Diablo 3

Max settings, no anti filtering, no vert synch, 1080 resolution, 35-42 FPS running older version of ATI Catalyst from ASUS Website Version V8.901.0.0000

Still playing with the K10Stat for this game, looking at 2.8 boost and 2.3 P0, not looking to exceed 80C

Haven't messed with bios dedicated chip settings or OC the video card.

Let me know your experience, as I'm looking to play D3 for a while.

Thanks,

- Steve

 

Unfortunately

I got only 35-40FPS (Low Settings on Video Options) on my notebook with the A6, 8GB RAM and HD7670 + (I forgot the other one).

Do I need to configure anything on AMD VISION Engine Control Center?

ps: I was using on Maximum Performance on battery settings.

Thank you in advance

 

Sounds like you may have something not working correctly... Even without overclocking, you should be able to run medium settings fairly well.

 

my bro is doing fine with high everything, low or no shadow(no sure about shadow) 768p we were duoing

 

When I was playing Diablo 3 like I said I had usually 50 or more but I was playing in the beta so it could have been different. Also It would go in the 40's in heavy duty areas.

Info:
GPU- 6650M (not sure if overclocked)
CPU- 2.0ghz @ 1.0v with 2.2ghz boost
Ram- 8gb
HDD- 7200rpm
Display Driver: Catalyst 12.1 or 12.3
Bios: 212
Battery mode: High Performance
Temp- 60-70C (can't remember)

I would re-test but my gpu needs fixing and I don't own the game

It should help with gaming not sure how much at all. As far as heat I have no idea.